BUS 3301

Description

(Prerequisites: BUS 2201 Principles of Accounting and BUS 3620
Managerial Accounting or equivalent)
Provides an analytical understanding of financial management,
and builds upon the fundamental principles of elementary
accounting, economic principles, and the interrelationships
underlying the techniques and data through which financial
decisions are based. Students are presented with a cohesive,
interrelated set of content, which merges fundamental
principles into problem-solution techniques. Topics include
financial analysis and planning, time value of money, and basic
security valuation.

Objectives

Define what finance is and how it relates to economic theory and accounting information.

Conduct a forecast using relevant data.

Conduct a ratio analysis.

Apply time value of money techniques to various pricing (valuation) and budgeting problems.

Apply measures of risk in financial analysis.

Conduct preliminary financial statement analysis.

Conduct stock valuation.

Conduct bond valuation.

PreRequisites

None

Textbook(s)

Practical financial management (Rev: 6)

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